Christopher R Macdonald

US Patent:

20110064388, Mar 17, 2011

Filed:

Nov 17, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/948750

Inventors:

Dirk D. Brown - Mountain View CA, US
David Ludwigsen - Avondale PA, US
Loch T. Brown - Vancouver, CA
Christopher James MacDonald - Brisbane CA, US
Harrison Rose - Sunnyvale CA, US
Jeffrey Alan Amdur - Edison NJ, US
Robert John Glassett - Fair Lawn NJ, US

Assignee:

PANDOODLE CORP. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04N 5/93
G06T 13/00
G10L 13/08

US Classification:

386285, 345473, 704260, 386278, 386E05003, 704E13011

Abstract:

A customized animation video system and method generate a customized or personalized animated video using user input where the customized animated video is rendered in a near immediate timeframe (for example, in less than 10 minutes). The customized animation video system and method of the present invention enable seamless integration of an animated representation of a subject or other custom object into the animated video. That is, the system and method of the present invention enable the generation of an animated representation of a subject that can be viewed from any desired perspective in the animated video without the use of multiple photographs or other 2D depictions of the subject. Furthermore, the system and method of the present invention enables the generation of an animated representation of a subject that is in the same graphic style as the rest of the animated video.